Alienware being no better, qualitywise, than any other Dell PC, you can get far better bang for the buck with one or another of several large scale eBusiness system builders, and be way ahead financially by making space somewhere for a base PC to play your games on. It doesn't have be excessively large to play games on, although it cannot work well if the case is too slender. Keep it about eight years, spending about $200 each second year in upgrades, and keep the same small,.thin portable machine you have no need to play games on.
Compared to totally replacing a laptop 3 or four times in eight years, you'll be way ahead!
